No two dace the same at the moment.

I had a short session on the syndicate stretch yesterday, on a run above the Noddy Train bridge where I've struggled  a bit of late but yesterday it looked bang on for a fish and it was first trot as well. A dace and they do look different to the Chicken Town dace, being more uniformly silver/blue. But then Chicken Town is mutantsville. A different river so a different gene pool. And these fish are nearer spawning, with several males sandpaper rough and the hens looking more pigeon chested than just plump. 

Could have done with the 15 footer to keep the float on a truer line down the run so one will  get an outing now I've had one repaired and both with replaced missing rings. Good sport, and no coat again,. In fact the fish in the net shot didn't feel cold at all.